1740                             Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 609

CHAPTER 608
(House Bill 770)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 260 (c)
of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Licenses," subtitle "Home-Improvement
Law," to provide that no hearing is required for the refusal of a

license application made by a person whose license has been

revoked BE A LICENSEE UNDER THE HOME IMPROVE-
MENT LAW SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR A
LICENSE FOR ONE YEAR SIX MONTHS FOLLOWING SUCH
REVOCATION OF HIS LICENSE.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 260(c) of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1968 Replacement Volume), title "Licenses," subtitle "Home-
Improvement Law," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

260.

(c) If the license is refused, the applicant may, within 10 days
from the date a notice of refusal is mailed, request a hearing. Said
hearing must be held within 30 days from the date of the request,
and the Commission must render its decision within 20 days following
the hearing[.]; but, whenever the license of an applicant has been
revoked within two years next preceding the date of an application,
no hearing is required upon the refusal of the application, HE
SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR A LICENSE FOR
ONE YEAR SIX MONTHS FOLLOWING SUCH REVOCATION.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws,
public general or public local, inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act are repealed to the extent of the inconsistency.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1970.

Approved May 5, 1970

CHAPTER 609
(House Bill 772)

AN ACT to add new subsection 123(g) to Article 66½ of the An-
notated Code of Maryland (1967 Replacement Volume and 1969
Supplement), title "Motor Vehicles," subtitle "Motor Vehicle Fi-
nancial Responsibility," to follow immediately after subsection
123 (f) thereof, to provide that owners or operators coming under
the provisions of this subtitle shall be exempt from the provi-
sions of Section 112 122 of this subtitle when involved in acci-
dents not their fault proved subsequent thereto.